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Finite Element Programming

  • 1st Edition - December 12, 1979
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Leanne Hinton, D. R.J. Owen
  • Language: English

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It is fitting that Book I of the series should be on the subject of finite elements. The finite element method is now well established as an engineering tool with wide application. At the same time is has attracted considerable attention from mathematicians over the last ten years, so that a large body of mathematical theory now exists.

Readership

Students and Professor in the Civil Engineering.

Table of contents

Editors' Foreword. Preface. Introduction and Theory. Assembly of Elements and Solution of Stiffness Equations. Input and Output. Isoparametric Beam Element. Element Characteristics for Plane Stress/Strain. Element Characteristics for Plate Bending Applications. Equivalent Nodal Representation of Loads. The Equation Solution Subroutine. Data Checking and Error Diagnostics. Program Construction and Numerical Examples. Discussion and Further Developments. Appendix I. Instructions for Preparing Input Data. Appendix II. Dictionary of Variable Names. Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 28, 1980
  • Language: English

About the authors

LH

Leanne Hinton

Leanne Hinton is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, the director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, and a consulting member of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

DO

D. R.J. Owen

Affiliations and expertise
Dept. of Civil Engineering, University College of Swansea, UK